Henryk Górecki appreciation

Adrian Thomas writes: My introduction to the music of Henryk Górecki (obituary, 13 November) came on a Polish LP of his music that included the orchestral Scontri (Collisions, 1960) and Refren (Refrain, 1965). The strength and originality of his musical character was immediately apparent. Scontri was a storm of lightning and thunder, vast as well as intimate, totally unpredictable in its trajectory. Refren was the opposite: still full of contrast, but this aspect was marshalled into long sec...

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